What Happened in August Aug 01 1967 US Navy Recalls Hopper to Head COBOL Effort Aug 02 1902 Computer Pioneer Mina Rees Born Aug 03 1977 Radio Shack Announces TRS-80 Computer Aug 04 1988 Computer Shuts Down Space Shuttle Aug 05 1975 Mira-Pak Settles Suit Against IBM Aug 06 1997 Microsoft Buys $150M of Apple stock Aug 07 1944 IBM presents ASCC Giant Brain to Harvard Aug 08 1995 Netscape Communications Goes Public Aug 09 1927 Computer Pioneer Marvin Minsky Born Aug 09 1991 First E-mail Sent from Space Aug 10 1911 Computer Inventor Rajchman Born Aug 11 1950 Apple Inventor Wozniak Born Aug 12 1981 IBM Introduces Personal Computer Aug 13 1973 ICCP Is Founded Aug 14 1940 Atanasoff Finishes Paper Describing the Atanasoff Berry Computer Aug 15 1994 Programmer Suggests Bundling Internet Explorer in Windows 95 Aug 16 1890 Census Bureau Announces Results Using Herman Hollerith's Machine Aug 17 1950 NBS Dedicates SWAC Computer Aug 18 1947 Hewlett-Packard Is Incorporated Aug 19 1934 Computer Pioneer Gordon Bell Born Aug 20 1995 NY Times Article on Need to Preserve Obsolete Hardware and Software Aug 21 1888 Burroughs Receives Patent for Calculating Machine Aug 22 1955 The First Computer User Group Is Founded Aug 23 1993 Nintendo Agrees to Use Silicon Graphics Technology Aug 24 1995 Microsoft Ships Windows 95 Aug 25 1996 Netscape Creates Navio to Compete with Microsoft Aug 26 1984 Miss Manners Addresses Computer Correspondence Aug 27 1993 Compaq Introduces Presario Aug 28 2009 The End of AppleTalk Aug 29 1990 The British Computer Misuse Act Goes into Effect Aug 30 1907 John Mauchly Born Aug 31 1994 Aldus and Adobe Systems Finalize Merger
